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Central Florida-raised actress and model Kate Upton recently explored Disney's Animal Kingdom with boyfriend and Detroit Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander. The celebrity couple experienced the Wild Africa Trek safari Tuesday, a privately-guided expedition at the Walt Disney World theme park. Upton, who was born in Michigan but raised in Melbourne, visited the theme park while on vacation with Verlander, before the All-Star pitcher has to report for spring training later this month. San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey recently made his first trip to SeaWorld Orlando before spring training starts. View the gallery above for Upton and Verlander and other...

LAKELAND, Fla. — Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera was playing pingpong against a teammate in the cramped home clubhouse at Joker Marchant Stadium on Saturday when he hit a ball so hard it bounced off the table and sailed across the room.
Cabrera...

DUNEDIN, Fla. Maybe it was the Starbucks coffee he drank this morning. Maybe it was the water that Justin Verlander didn't drink on his drive to the ballpark for his start against the Toronto Blue Jays. He felt a little bit dehydrated, he...

Max Scherzer will start the Washington Nationals' opener on April 6 against the New York Mets, not Stephen Strasburg. "It's going to be real exciting," Scherzer said Monday. "It's a great honor to be able to start opening day, especially...

A look at the highlights of what's happening all around spring training in Florida and Arizona today: ___ ACE UP St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Adam Wainwright, who was sidelined with an abdominal strain, is set to make his Grapefruit League debut...

LAKELAND, Fla. For the first time since 2007, the Detroit Tigers will have a different Opening Day starter. "David Price will start Opening Day," manager Brad Ausmus said Friday morning. It marks the end of Verlander's seven-year run...

David Price is getting the nod as opening-day starter for the Detroit Tigers, ending Justin Verlander's run of having that honor at seven straight seasons. Tigers manager Brad Ausmus announced his decision about the April 6 opener against Minnesota on...

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Philadelphia left-hander Cole Hamels allowed Jordy Mercer's two-run home run in the third inning and the Phillies rallied in the sixth to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 on Wednesday.
Making his second start of the spring,...

A look at the highlights of what's happening all around spring training today in Florida and Arizona: ___ SEEM FAMILIAR? It'll be a World Series rematch when James Shields makes his San Diego debut against Giants ace Madison Bumgarner in Scottsdale,...

— As recently as 2008 Dan Haren threw 96 mph. He no longer has that in his back pocket, but what he does have continues to do the job.
Like just about every other guy who makes his living 60-feet, 6-inches from home plate, Haren has lost velocity through...

LAKELAND, Fla. The train is gaining steam. And the latest coal in the Justin Verlander comeback car was burned by manager Brad Ausmus on Sunday, when he said this about the right-hander's live batting practice session: "That's the best I've...

JUPITER Dan Haren did in fact consider retirement, but it had nothing to do with the December trade that sent him from the Dodgers to the Marlins.
Speaking Friday morning before the club's first pitchers and catchers workout, Haren assured his audience...

Max Scherzer will become the highest-paid right-handed pitcher in the major leagues after agreeing to a $210-million, seven-year contract with the Washington Nationals that includes a record $50-million signing bonus, a person familiar with the...

— Max Scherzer will become the highest-paid right-handed pitcher in the major leagues after agreeing to a $210 million, seven-year contract with the Washington Nationals that includes a record $50 million signing bonus.
A person familiar with the...

DETROIT — David Price and the Detroit Tigers avoided arbitration with a record-setting deal.
Price agreed to a $19.75 million contract, the largest one-year deal for a player who filed for arbitration. The agreement surpassed Max Scherzer's...

The Montreal Canadiens say that the body of Jean Beliveau, who died Tuesday, will be on public view at the Belle Centre Sunday and Monday. Beliveau, who won 10 Stanley Cups with Montreal as a player and seven more working in the front office, was 83. No...

Hundreds of front-office executives, managers, coaches and scouts will descend upon San Diego this week for Major League Baseball's annual winter meetings, all with the singular purpose of molding their teams into World Series contenders.
But what does a...

Clayton Kershaw will need to find a little more room to his already crowded trophy case.
Just one day after garnering a third career Cy Young Award in unanimous fashion, the Los Angeles Dodgers ace became the first pitcher in 46 years to be named the...

Clayton Kershaw emphasized that he wasn't taking his latest Cy Young Award for granted.
"You don't want to have anything take away from that," he said.
But …
"For me, personally, the season didn't end the way I wanted it to," he...